Collapsible barrel.



J. B. CROCKETT.

COLLAPSIBLE BARREL.

APPLlcATIoN FILED 315.19, 19121 1,085,246. Patented @11.27, 1914.

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COLLAPSIBLE BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 27 1914.

Application filed February 19, 1912. I Serial No. 678,450.

To all wlw/nt 'it may concer/L Be it known that I, JOSEPH B, Cnookn'r'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Barrels, of which the following. is a specification.

The present invention relates to barrels, the same being directed particularly to that class of barrels known as collapsible or knock-down barrels.

In carrying out my invention I propose to provide a barrel that can be readily set up and when in said condition will be thoroughly strong.I and which will also be susceptible to collapsing and being folded to occupy a comparatively small space.

I also aim to provide a barrel of this character with hinged heads which are provided with members which are adapted to co-act with the flexible band securing elements whereby the said heads are sustained rigidly upon the barrel when the said barrel is in its set up position.

With the foregoing objects in view and others of a similar nature which will be more fully understood as the nature of the invention is developed, the improvement resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a collapsible barrel constructed in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line :zz-m of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail vertical longitudinal section illustrating the head in its set up position upon the barrel.

The barrel 1 is formed from a 4plurality of staves 2, which are connected through the medium of liexible straps 3. The straps comprise split members and are passed through staples a which are secured upon the outer face of the staves Q. One of the straps is arranged adjacent the top of the barrel and a second strap is arranged adjacent the bottom of the barrel. Each of the straps has one of its ends provided with an 0pening 7, while the second end of the strap is adaptedto overlie the end provided with the opening, and the overlying strap ends have inturned members 16 which are adapted to pass through the openings 7 and also through openings 5 provided upon what I will term the end stave A of the barrel. The stave Q, diametrically opposite the end stave A, is provided with hinges 8 to which are connected heads 17, and the said heads are provided with angle brackets 18 upon their outer faces and at their ends or edges opposite those secured by the hinges 8. The vertical members of the L-shaped brackets 18 are provided with openings for the reception of the members 16 of the upper and lower straps, and the members 16 have their ends threaded for the reception of securing nuts 19. If desired, and as illustrated in the sev- .eral figures of the drawing, the outer end of l: tne strap may comprise a hinged member' 1o.

and the element 16 is secured upon the said hinge 15. The nuts 19 are connected with the members 16 of the intermediate straps before one or both of the heads 17. are secured as above described, and with such a construction, it will be noted that by merely unscrewing the nuts 19 and withdrawing the elements 16 from the members with which they are engaged, the barrel may be readily collapsed. the flexible straps permitting of the barrel being bent to occupy only a minimum amount of space, and the said straps may have their ends Withdrawn from the staples 4 on the end stave A to further aid in the collapsing of the barrel. I/Vhen the heads of the barrel are secured as above described, it will be noted that the barrel is effectively sustained in its set up position, and furthermore that the barrel will not collapse when only one of the heads are released by the securing elements of the top and bottom straps. v

In Fig. t of the drawings, the device is substantially similar to that previously described, except that the member 16 is provided with a head Q1, while a bifurcated wedge-shaped securing member is forced into frictional engagement between the said head 21 and the free arm of the L-shaped bracket 18.

From the above description. taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will. it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described theinvention, what I claim is:

1. In a knock down barrel, flexible straps loosely connected with each of the staves of the barrel, the straps each having one of their ends provided With an opening;l the second end of each ofthe strapshavi-ng an angular member adapted to paes through the opening in the first mentioned'end` of the strap and through an opening provided in'one of vthe stavesof the barrel, a head hingedly connected with one of the staves opposite the end stave7 said head having one of its ends provided with a bracket having an opening through which the angular member of the strap is adapted to pass, and means for securing the ends of the strap to the end stave of the barreland tothe bracket ofthe head.

2. A knock down barrel constructed of a plurality otstavevs, astaple upon eaeh of the staves, a split stp-rap passing through each of the staples7 one of the ends of Ythe strap being provided with an opening, the second end of the strap adapted to overlap the first mentioned end, the eaid second end having an angularly arranged threaded member which is adapted to pass through the opening" in the `rs`tme`n`tioned end of the strap,

ing for the reception of the threaded angulai` member, a head hingedly'oonnectedto one of the staves of the barrel diametrically opposite to the stave provided with the opening, an L-shaped bracket upon the outer face ofthe head' and having its 'angular PIQjeCf-ng Portion Prvidd Wth Open HgfOl the ecptmi' 0f th threaded. member ofthe strapl'anda nut vengagingthe ysaid threaded member.: t *a t Y v Intestimo'ny whereof I aiiX. my signature in presence of two'Witnesses.`

JOSEPH B. CROCKETT.

Witnesses WVM. Koso'rrr, l BENNETT me Copies of this patent may be obtained for ivieent's eatin, byadressing the Qqnimssqner qf Patents,

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